Steve Hatton, Author at trusek

What does a Financial Institution need to consider when looking for a technical partner?

Posted on 7th March 20247th March 2024 by Steve Hatton

In today’s world of collaboration between the Financial Institutions and Fintech there could be a number of reasons for looking to partner with a technical provider rather than attempt to create a new product internally. A subject previously discussed here. Whether looking to modernise incumbent infrastructure, maybe launching additional new products without impacting current infrastructure
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What is a Multi currency Account?

Posted on 13th October 202313th October 2023 by Steve Hatton

An account that will let you accept, store and send funds in multiple currencies with the ability to exchange between currencies. But there are different ways this can be achieved. This may give you a single interface in which you can manage multiple currencies, with separate account details for each currency. You may get a
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How do you scale up your new FinTech?

Posted on 15th February 202214th February 2023 by Steve Hatton

The priority for most new Fintech’s at the outset of your journey will be to get a MVP. This may be to attract investment, get to market and therefore onboarding clients and generating revenues as quickly as possible. Many start out with a clear idea of what you are going to be bringing to the
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What is a FinTech platform?

Posted on 29th September 202114th February 2023 by Steve Hatton

Competition in business is always fierce, so many Fintech businesses look to find an innovative solution to common problems in order to differentiate themselves from their rivals. Other businesses look primarily at how user-friendly their model is, and the use of innovation and technology will provide a slicker user experience. Whichever approach a business takes,
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How do you future proof your fintech business?

Posted on 4th August 202114th February 2023 by Steve Hatton

In recent years there have been a significant number of new Fintechs launched with much hype, here in the UK. Many of these appear to have been brought to market quickly, on the back of a pre-paid card platform and are buying customers now with a plan to build a revenue model at some point
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How should a new Fintech be allocating resources?

Posted on 14th July 202114th February 2023 by Steve Hatton

As a new Fintech preparing to come to market with your new services there are many demands on what may initially be limited resources. You will need to obtain your FCA licence, create the platform on which your service will operate, take on board the necessary staff to satisfy the regulatory requirements and service your
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Payments – How do you want to pay for that?

Posted on 9th March 202111th March 2021 by Steve Hatton

The world is awash with new payment systems. We have ApplePay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay, innumerable wallets and plenty of other new systems. But we still continue to do most of our shopping with cash and cards just as we always have. Why is this? Because we know it works, and we don’t like taking any
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